8-20-07 through 8-24-07   Review syllabus---pretest---Lecture sections 1-3 of chapter1--Assigned section1

assessment of ch. 1 #2-5----students did time capsule activity---students worked on guided reading activity worksheets

They also wrote two & one half pages on their summer break.  Words of the day that we covered: Hiatus, Revere, Discern,

Rectify (students wrote three sentences with each word that illustrated the definition of the word.)

8-27-07 through 8-31-07  Lecture sections 4 & 5 of chapter 1 and Chapter 2 sections 1-4----Assigned guided reading Activity worksheets for chapter 1----Assigned chapter 2 section 1 assessment #1-3-- students also did peer competition from p.33c

Words of the day that we covered:Burly, Chastise, Contrive, Quandary, Futile, Manifest, Rectify, Discern

9-4-07 through 9-7-07   Lecture chapter 3 sections 1-3---Assigned geography skillbuilder #1 &2 and sections 1 & 2 #1

Viewed video #1 &2 from the roots series---Assigned 2 page response to the film--- Words of the day that we covered:  Jovial, Umbrage  Chapter 1-3 Test

9-10-07 through 9-14-07 ---Group activity---Crossword puzzle on section 3&4 of chapter 4

Lecture section1-4 chapter 4